Abe gov’t generously donates 300 million yen in Japanese people’s tax money to US military thinktank CSIS

The Abe government in the past six years donated nearly 300 million yen in tax money to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private U.S. thinktank for defense and national security.

Turning ambulance back, immigration center refuses to carry detainee to hospital

The Tokyo regional immigration center turned an ambulance back twice at night to not allow a long-detained Kurdish individual, who became sick, to have access to medical care.

Japan can be urged to pay 2 trillion yen for USFJ under Trump’s ‘Cost Plus 50’ plan

U.S. President Trump in his “Cost Plus 50” plan is considering having U.S. allies, including Japan and Germany, pay 150% of the cost of stationing U.S. troops in their countries, according to the Bloomberg news agency.